Hikin_Jim wrote:So, do you pack out your poop in the desert?
No. As i said, i poop in a shallow hole, cover it, and take the TP. Do you have a link to the Australian study?
-Florian
Florian wrote:Hikin_Jim wrote:So, do you pack out your poop in the desert?
No. As i said, i poop in a shallow hole, cover it, and take the TP. Do you have a link to the Australian study?
-Florian
Hikin_Jim wrote:There is a fee to get a copy of the study. Portions of the study were posted at one time on backpackinglight.com, but I am not currently a member there.
HJ
Hikin-Bury My TP-Jim wrote:I have actually thought that it would be worth having a copy of the study for some time. I will have to go back on that forum and ask around. Unfortunately, it is not a free forum. I probably won't get a chance to look into it until after Memorial Day.
Regarding "blooms", those are from people who didn't properly bury things. I have yet to see even one "bloom" from a properly dug cathole. I do however defer to Florian's desert experience, but in that case, why wouldn't you pack out your poop too since it will get dug up and scattered, no?
Hikin_Jim wrote:What is your connection to Texas A&M, if I may ask?
HJ
Hikin_Jim wrote:Actually, it was easier to find that I thought it would be. I give you:
HUMAN WASTE CONTAMINATION AT HUTS AND CAMPSITES IN THE BACK COUNTRY OF TASMANIA. There may be other studies on the same subject. I seem to remember more information on feminine products.
On some points my memory was dead on. On some points it was off. Fecal material apparently doesn't decay well in dry soils or waterlogged soils.
HJ
Hikin_Jim wrote:I do however defer to Florian's desert experience, but in that case, why wouldn't you pack out your poop too since it will get dug up and scattered, no?
OK, I guess I can follow that logic. I haven't ever experienced animals digging up a cathole, but if that were in fact happening, then I can see packing out used TP.Florian wrote:my poo, in the sense that all animals do it, is natural. Dug up toilet paper blowing in the wind is not.
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